Birds of Prey

by Dahlia Rose

  She wrapped her arms around his back as he took the kiss even deeper. Hawke languidly tasted her, mesmerized by every nuance of her lips and how they felt against his. He could drown in her, sip at her lips and enjoy her as a fine wine. He moaned as she pressed herself more intimately against him. She was so free with her affection and had no reservations about touching him, and Hawke liked that fact. He wanted to bury himself inside her and find solace in her and with her.

  He worked quickly to undress her and have her as naked as he was. He felt her hold her breath when he got to her panties. Hawke lifted his head and as she opened her eyes lazily, he cupped her through the thin barrier that separated her from his touch. He kept his gaze on her as he guided the panties down her legs and then slipped his finger between the soft folds of her sex and was rewarded by a shiver. When he plunged his finger deeper into her core, she bit her lip and whimpered. It was the sexiest thing he’d ever seen and he kissed her hungrily because of it. Hawke’s smile turned to a moan as his fingers deftly searched her core. Too fast, too soon, he thought and forced himself to slow down. He wanted to remember every part of being with her because she’d be gone too soon. He didn’t know what they were starting, only that at this junction feeling her smooth skin against his was the sexiest thing he’d felt in his life and never wanted it to stop. Hawke took the globes of her breasts in his hands and brought the peaks to hardness.

  “Oh, Hawke,” Tiana gasped. “Your hands feel so good.”

  Hawke groaned in response and gave the soft skin of her neck a nibble before moving to her breasts. He sucked a nipple between his lips gently and gave the same attention to the second breast. Tiana made an impatient sound and cupped her breasts together offering them up to him. Hawke accepted the sweet invitation and, like a starving man, he sucked and laved her nipples until she was writhing beneath him.

  “I need more of you, all of you,” he muttered against her breasts. He could feel the fire of his arousal raging through his blood.

  “I’m yours,” she said breathlessly. “Hawke, I’ve never felt like this before.”

  He took her lips again in a hard kiss that seemed to turn them both to liquid sex. Where she touched him he could still feel her hands. When she bit his shoulder, it was almost over. He was going to fuck her hard and fast.

  He could feel her wetness pooling between her legs. Tiana took his hard cock in her grasp and as she stroked him, he lost his train of thought. Hawke shifted and, unable to resist, pushed himself between her firm grasp. She slid her hand down the smooth shaft over and over again until he could feel his rock hard cock throb in her hand. He was unable to hold back his groan of pleasure and could feel his balls tighten in response. No, it wouldn’t end like this. He wasn’t going to come all over her hands. Hawke fully intended to be buried in her pussy when he found release. He moved her hands from him and pinned them over her head before kissing her hungrily. Her nipples were pressed against his chest and he could feel the hard beads while she moved sensuously against him.

  She took him by surprise when she moved away from him sexily and then pushed him back against the carpet. Tiana didn’t say a word, but her intent was clear as she kissed her way down his body and took his cock in her hand once more. She licked his cock from base to tip and he shuddered in pleasure. Soft sexy sounds escaped her as she licked and kissed her way down and then back to the head of his shaft. Tiana then took his cock into her hot mouth and Hawke arched beneath her and his body tensed under the onslaught of her mouth. The pleasure she was giving him drove him past reason.

  “Tiana, stop. Damn, don’t stop. God, you could make me come with only your mouth.” Hawke groaned.

  She gave a sexy laugh but continued to pleasure him until he held her head and pushed himself back and forth between her lips. When he couldn’t stand it any longer, he pulled her up along the length of his body. Tiana straddled him and their harsh breathing was the only sound that could be heard in his treetop home. Hawke positioned his cock at the entrance of her pussy and as he sank into her they both cried out when the connection of their bodies was finally made.

  “You’re so hot and fucking tight around me,” Hawke said harshly. He pulled her head down for a fierce kiss.

  Their sexual dance started slow and Hawke reveled in every thrust he took into her sex. He watched as she matched his rhythm and threw her head back in pleasure while she writhed above him. It was like watching moving art, the way her wet pussy accepted and released him, the way her sleek chocolate body undulated as she rode him. He tightened his hands into the soft flesh of her hips and pounded into her. Hawke sat up and rested his back against the sofa without breaking the contact of their bodies. It gave him free reign to take her nipples into his mouth while they made love.

  Tiana bucked against him and their pace increased as she cried out. “Yes, yes, oh, Hawke, please!”

  He felt his orgasm approach with the beat of his racing heart, the sound of her frantic breathing and the way she rode him hard. Tiana’s pussy tightened and released around his throbbing cock.

  “Hawke, I’m coming,” she moaned earnestly.

  “Yes, baby.” Hawke pressed his face against her soft breasts and gave into the pleasurable haze.

  The sensations drove him to his orgasm on her cry of pleasure. He pounded into her, prolonging their release as long as he could. She fell against him like the strength was gone from her body. He felt the delicious tiny shivers move through her body intermittently and smiled in satisfaction. He lifted her and took her to the bathroom where they cleaned up their satisfied bodies and then he left her in bed while he made breakfast. Hawke forgot about work and planned only one thing—to spend the day in bed with Tiana. He knew that the one taste he had of her would never be enough.

  In the afternoon, after a nap, he awoke to her soft kisses on his shoulder and her hand ran down his body to stroke his cock. Hawke was instantly aroused and turned to her. He ran his hands over her breasts and she made a soft sound of pleasure.

  “This is a nice way to wake up,” Hawke said huskily and bent his head to lick at her nipples.

  “You looked so sexy lying there that I couldn’t resist.”

  “Well, you woke up the beast,” he murmured. “Now he must be sated.”

  He moved his hand to the apex of her thighs and moved a lone digit over her clit. He was rewarded when she gasped his name and spread her legs farther apart to feel more of his touch.

  “Tell me you like when I touch you there,” he said softly and showed her exactly what he meant.

  “God, I like it, I love it. Give me more,” Tiana begged.

  “For you, anything,” he answered and as he kissed her, Hawke buried two fingers to the hilt in her pussy.

  He groaned when he felt her pussy contract around the digits and her hips moved to follow the rhythm of his hands. He pushed deeper and Tiana cried out in pleasure, her hands clenched in his hair.

  “Oh, I’m going to come,” Tiana cried out as she moved frantically against the bed.

  “Yes, baby, come for me, let me feel it,” Hawke said harshly.

  He watched her body tremble as she reached the summit of pleasure and fell over the edge. He found the G-spot buried inside her pussy and he fucked her with his fingers until she screamed and her second orgasm left his hand covered in her essence. Watching her, feeling the way she reacted as he pleasured her, was driving him past sanity to the carnal place in him just to mate.

  Their kiss was hard and passionate. He speared his tongue into her mouth and their moans of ardor blended together. Outside, the thunder roared and the clouds opened again to hard rain that could be heard pelting the house. The storm that raged outside was nothing compared to the storm going on in his bedroom. Hawke covered her body with his and in one smooth thrust he filled her with his cock. He loved how her pussy sheathed him like a hot velvet glove. He lifted her legs high around his waist and cupped the smooth cheeks of her ass so each thrust gave him maximum penetration into her
sex.

  “Oh, Jesus, you feel so damn good!” he bit out.

  Tiana wrapped her fingers around the wooden posts of his headboard and used that as leverage to push hard against his rigid cock.

  “Do you like it like this, me taking every last inch of you?” she asked with a wicked sexy smile.

  “Yes!”

  His answer was guttural and savage as her words fueled his desire. He bent and took her nipple into his mouth, sucking hard until she cried out his name. Hawke maneuvered to his knees with her legs still wrapped around him. He pulled her legs apart and held them wide and bent at her knees so he could watch himself sink into her pussy. He impaled her over and over again until she was screaming his name and satisfaction mixed with insurmountable pleasure coursed though him. They both went over the edge into their release so suddenly that it left them breathless. Hawke fell against the bed stunned with the ferocity of their lovemaking, but completely satisfied. It took minutes for them to find their breath and words to express what they had just experienced.

  Hawke could only come up with two words. “Well, damn.”

  Tiana laughed and had three words. “You said it.”

  “I can’t believe that you’re not scared of me,” Hawke said huskily.

  Tiana turned to face him. “Why should I be? We’re all God’s creatures. I don’t see you as a freak, but instead as some kind of miracle. There is nothing horrible about you, just beauty. You share your body with an animal and see the world from both sides. What can me more amazing than that?”

  He kissed her gently. “I think you’re the amazing one. Thank you for that.”

  “Whoever it was that made you turn away from the world is an idiot,” Tiana said. “You should give me a name and address so I can punch her in the face.”

  Hawke laughed. “That’s not necessary. I’m happy I found you in the woods, Tiana Swan.”

  “I’m glad you found me, too.” She hugged him to her suddenly and Hawke let her.

  It was the first time he felt close to someone in a long time. He always told himself he was fine being alone and there was nothing in the world he missed. It seemed he was wrong because, like the bird of prey that lived within him, even he needed a mate. Maybe he found that in Tiana and it was something worth exploring.

  Chapter Four

  Tiana could see the sun peaking through the clouds and felt sadness creep in. Hawke was out looking for where she had parked her car and when he found it, and the weather cleared, she’d be leaving. After that first night of pure sexual bliss, it had only gotten better. Each time he touched her body, it pulsed with pleasure. Hawke, too, was changing. He was opening up and she knew that was very hard for him. She recalled their conversation last night as she introduced him to more of her favorite movies. They watched two vampire movies that he actually liked.

  “In real life no one is that accepting of things they don’t understand,” Hawke said.

  “Depends on the people,” Tiana answered and threw some popcorn into her mouth. “Me, personally, I’d love to meet a vamp or werewolf.”

  “Why, because the media makes them sexy, and for some reason they seem to be in a perpetual state of angst?” Hawke chuckled. “If I had immortality, I certainly would spend more time enjoying the world than being so broken on the inside.”

  Tiana laughed. “Have you met you? Your scowl alone scared the crap out of me. And you can change into a hawk. Doesn’t that mean some kind of longevity?”

  Hawke frowned. “I honestly don’t know. I don’t know who my parents are or who my ancestors are. I don’t know if I’m going to live till I’m one hundred or die at fifty because of my second nature.”

  “Have you ever tried to find out where you came from?” Tiana asked.

  She felt sorry for him because she had two sisters who would cut anyone down if they messed with her. It reminded her not to tell them what she was doing for Joslyn. They already didn’t like her, so there was no reason to give them cause to act crazier than they already did.

  He grabbed some popcorn from the bowl. “I did that ancestry thing and it was no help. You need to know names to get information and there is no parental name on my birth certificate. I belonged to the state of Arizona until I was five and then my foster parents took me. I had my DNA tested to see my genealogy and found out I’m half American Indian and half Scottish.”

  She sat up and looked at him. “That’s so cool. Maybe your American Indian heritage gave you the gift you have.”

  Hawke grinned and turned to her excitement. “I thought so too, so I went to New Mexico and saw a shaman and he told me more about the culture. Skinwalkers are men who could take the shape of their spirit guides. The legend is that some embraced this part of their lives so fully that their animal spirit guide became a deeper part of them. Then this was passed down from generation to generation. He was the only one who I ever shifted for other than my friend who helped me get this place built and now you. The shaman said it was a gift from the heavens to be able to soar above the clouds to see the world from the sky.”

  “I agree with him. It definitely is a gift. What is it like to become a hawk and fly?” Tiana asked.

  She wanted to know because he was no less than extraordinary. People watched movies all the time about superheroes that were unrealistic. But this, to her, being able to change your body mass into an animal had to be a master plan of the big guy upstairs. Everything happened for a reason.

  “I don’t know how to explain it. One of the first times I changed, I woke up naked in the woods wondering how I got there. Another time I changed, the first time I actually saw what I had become, was in my bedroom and I could only stare at myself in the mirror for hours. I didn’t know how to change myself back or when it would happen and sometimes I would be gone for days because of it,” Hawke explained and shrugged. “My foster parents got tired of me going missing and kicked me out. I was eighteen anyway, so they wouldn’t get any more checks. I learned that I had to control my emotions and then I could control the change. It feels like I have electricity running along my skin and in my veins. Then to fly, oh, my God, it’s so amazing. And, also, because of what I am, my vision and hearing is heightened.”

  She laid her head on his shoulder. “I’m sorry that you don’t know others like you, but you can’t ever stop searching. You may have family, like brothers, sisters, or even cousins that have this trait. It doesn’t even have to be family. I really doubt you’re the only one.”

  “I agree.” Hawke tilted her head up and kissed her. “You’re the first woman who ever saw me as a man and not a freak of nature.”

  “You loved this other woman,” Tiana said knowingly.

  Hawke gave her a sad smile. “And showed her my secret. She threw things at me screaming her head off while I flew around the room, trying to shift back to human. I managed to shift back even though my emotions were all over the place and she called me all manner of demon and abomination. Needless to say, the relationship was over big time. She said she would sell the story to the tabloids if I didn’t pay her off or take her to events on my arm.”

  “Oh, please say you hired someone to beat her with a sock full of quarters,” Tiana said outraged.

  Hawke gave her a surprised look. “A little vicious under all that sweet, aren’t you?”

  “I watch horror movies and thrillers for sport,” she pointed out.

  “True. In any case, I told her to go to the tabloids with her crazy story, that no one would believe her. Then she had people stalking me in the city with cameras,” Hawke explained. “Then Jensen and I came up with this idea—the creation of my home.”

  “Don’t you have people wandering by all the time?” Tiana asked and as she said the words she felt guilty. She didn’t wander into his area. Joslyn had done her homework and had some coordinates from one of the contractors who had helped to build the tree house. The coordinates weren’t precise, but, luckily for her, Hawke found her before the storm had hit.

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sp; “You’re one of the first ones. We are well off any hiking trails or camping grounds.” Hawke kissed her temple. “When you say you got lost, you really got lost, sweetheart.”

  “I have something to tell you,” Tiana said suddenly. She couldn’t keep it a secret any longer. He needed to know the truth.

  Hawke kissed her deeply and she could feel the desire building again. “I have something to show you.”

  Tiana giggled. “Uh-huh, you’ve shown me that a few times.”

  He nibbled at her neck and murmured, “Are you bored of me already?”

  She pulled him close. “Never, absolutely never.”

  He lifted his head to look at her and she felt like she was drowning in those light brown eyes. She saw it now—the hawk in his eyes, the mesmerizing stare. “I found your car, and tomorrow I think it will be clear enough to get you there. I’ll miss you.”

  “You can come stay with me in Charlotte any time you want, or I can come here,” Tiana said quickly. “I don’t want this to end.”

  “We’ll figure it out. You never know, because of you, I may find more reasons to be in the city,” Hawke said huskily. “I don’t want this to end either.”

  With those words, he kissed her slow and languidly and she forgot everything she was going to tell him. It was all Hawke, the smell and his taste and the way he touched her. She ran her hands across his broad back, feeling the muscles bunch and contour as he moved closer. She loved the feel of him, the way he took his time to build her to new heights of passion until she plunged over that pleasurable edge. In a way, it was like soaring in his arms. Hawke had taught to her fly.

  “Let’s get naked,” he said against her mouth.

  “Race you.” She giggled.

  Within seconds, there was a rush of arms and legs trying to peel off pants and shirts and hands touching and exploring each other. Hawke won, and for his prize he spread her thighs and buried his face between her legs. He ran his tongue up the slit of her pussy, and she moaned. He spread her legs wider so he could gain more access. He didn’t tease, but forayed into tasting her pussy with greedy intentions. Tiana whimpered and tried to move away to catch her breath while he pleasured her with his mouth. He didn’t give her a chance to escape. He trapped her so that he could penetrate her with his fingers. While he sucked on her clit, he slipped two fingers inside her and pressed against that sweet spot that drove her wild. She cried out his name as he fucked her hard with his fingers. She came and swore that she saw starbursts behind her eyelids. Her nectar covered his fingers, but Hawke made her come twice more before he finally moved his mouth and fingers from her snatch.